Twelve vessels on shore - 1841

Morning Post, Tuesday, November 23^rd, 1841:
TWELVE VESSELS ON SHORE. Our correspondent at Hartlepool has furnished us in detail with the particulars of the situation of the vessels which have been stranded or wrecked on this coast between Hartlepool and the little watering-place at about three miles distance, Seaton Carew. It was on Saturday afternoon that the wind began to blow very strong from the E.N.E., and it continued to increase in violence all night. On Sunday morning, and during the day, a great many vessels were observed making for the Tees, some of which succeeded in getting into this port. Others, after vainly attempting to ride it out, were driven on the Seaton Sands. 

Those which came ashore on the Hartlepool and Seaton Sands are twelve in number, as follows:— The Garland, of Sunderland, in ballast; the Hartford, of Weymouth, in ballast; the William, a schooner, belonging to Berwick, loaded with iron ; and the Reindeer, of Hartle- pool, in ballast ; all of which are not much worse, and may be expected to be got off without much difficulty. The Aerial, of Sunderland, and the Shannon, of Sunderland,  though considerably damaged, are expected to be got off. The Albatross, Williamson, of Hartlepool, corn laden, is also seriously damaged, but will be eventually got off. The Lochiel, a little sloop from Inverness, with pit props, has become a total wreck. The Elizabeth, Newton, of Boston, coal-laden, is also entirely wrecked, as is the Aboyne, Stroud, of Rochester, also coal-laden, and the Exchange, Smith, of Lynn, in ballast. 

Our correspondent includes the loss of the Susannah, of Stockton, in his list, the particulars of which we have given above. He attributes the heavy list of wrecks principally to the bad management of the Hartlepool steam-boats. The Aerial, which is copper-sheathed, is, we are informed, a very valuable vessel, just come off a West Indian voyage. She is the property of John Barry, Esq.

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